POLITIBLOG

otpglobal: Our gov’t shouldn’t be making billions of dollars by...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:23:37 -0400

Our gov’t shouldn’t be making billions of dollars by drowning our students in debt #BankonStudents

@Elizabeth Warren

GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:28:59 -0400

GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!

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Thu, 16 May 2013 22:37:38 -0400

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friendlyatheist: LoL

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:47:33 -0400

friendlyatheist:

LoL

liberalsarecool: Rigged is an understatement.

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:58:20 -0400

liberalsarecool:

Rigged is an understatement.

friendlyatheist: I object on both counts.

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:16:21 -0400

friendlyatheist:

I object on both counts.

danielextra: THINGS TO REGULATE…according to the GOP

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:35:11 -0400

danielextra:

THINGS TO REGULATE…according to the GOP

(via Earth Has Less Water Than You Think)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:44:12 -0400

(via Earth Has Less Water Than You Think)

megatronn: agentlemanindeed: fer1972: Know were you stand:...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:34:17 -0400

megatronn:

agentlemanindeed:

fer1972:

Know were you stand: Modern Day Locations blended with Major Historical Events by Seth Taras

1. The Hindenberg Disaster of May 6, 1937

2. Allied soldiers rushing the beach at Normandy in June 1944

3. The Fall of the Berlin wall in 1989

4. Adolf Hitler touring Paris and standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in 1940

this is soooo cool!!!

Photo

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:25:19 -0400

"I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:25:13 -0400

“I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a hi-capacity magazine?”

- Nate Bell (R), Arkansas State legislator

Which brought this response from an acquaintance who lives in Boston:

(via politicalprof)

letterstomycountry: prettayprettaygood: A Yemeni youth...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:47:23 -0400

letterstomycountry:

prettayprettaygood:

A Yemeni youth activist has been tweeting his reactions to his village being struck by a U.S. drone. Amazing.

See Also: Afghan Villagers Flee Their Homes, Blame U.S. Drones

See Also: US Drones Blow Up Any Hope Of Close Ties With Yemenis

thebrown1: But the crowd, which was respectful throughout (save...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:22:49 -0400

thebrown1:

But the crowd, which was respectful throughout (save for two protesters who were immediately booted), probably already knew this. When Paul blanked on the name of Edward Brooke, a black senator from Massachusetts elected in 1966, the audience shouted out his name in near-unison. When Paul asked the students if they were aware that most of the founders of the NAACP were Republicans, everyone shouted “yes” or “duh.” (via Rand Paul tries to outrun history at Howard - Salon.com)

Judge blocks oil fracking on federal land in California

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:17:56 -0400

Judge blocks oil fracking on federal land in California:

From Reuters:

A federal judge has ruled the Obama administration broke the law when it issued oil leases in central California without fully weighing the environmental impact of “fracking,” a setback for companies seeking to exploit the region’s enormous energy resources.

The decision, made public on Monday, effectively bars for the time being any drilling on two tracts of land comprising 2,500 acres leased for oil and gas development in 2011 by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management in Monterey County.

jtotheizzoe: Watch the slow creep of spring as it pushes the...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:10:54 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Watch the slow creep of spring as it pushes the cold hand of winter back to the frigid north … only to succumb again next year, of course.

NASA’s MODIS imager senses Earth’s reflection of both visible and longer wavelength near-infrared light. Plants, full of chlorophyll, absorb most visible light (except for green, of course) and reflect near-infrared. By combining this with the reflection of snow, NASA can watch the yearly cycle of vegetation springing back and falling away.

I made a higher-res GIF here, and you can watch the full three-year animation here.

politicalprof: Me too! ht: CS

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:31:23 -0400

politicalprof:

Me too!

ht: CS

prozack: THIS!

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:14:02 -0400

prozack:

THIS!

"What gives the federal government the right to be concerned at all about what the definition of..."

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:56:59 -0400

“What gives the federal government the right to be concerned at all about what the definition of marriage is?”

- Justice Sonia Sotomayor during today’s oral arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act? (via theatlantic)

Truthdig - The Last Letter

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:06:39 -0400

Truthdig - The Last Letter

buzzfeedpolitics: Donald Rumsfeld receives absolutely no love...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:38:09 -0400

buzzfeedpolitics:

Donald Rumsfeld receives absolutely no love for his Iraq War ten-year anniversary tweet.